these pics are pretty old, i'll get some current ones soon.
i threw this together about 10-12 years ago over a year or so, did a few trails then parked it for years while i bought a house and built a shop. i limped it into the shop this summer and freshened it up, went through the fuel system, cleaned up the wiring, fixed a few of the half-assed items, left some half-assed items. i put on some new wheels and tires on last week and hope to hit the first trail in nearly a decade next week.
it's on full width 9" and 44. 4.56 gears with air lockers in both. stretched wheelbase to ~104" IIRC, it's been a few years so i've forgotten many details of the build, sorry! i think it has 3.5" wild horses coils up front on homebrew extended arms., with the spring perches moved up ~2". rear is wild horses 11 leaf springs, also 3.5 lift with the rear shackle hangar moved up several inches. i took a few leafs out to soften things up this year, so with 2" body lift, it has barely 3" of total lift with a relatively low COG. bilstein shocks all around. hacked sheetmetal to clear as needed. someday i might get around to making some tube flares...maybe. it's low tech, but does flex suprisingly well. I've cut all 4 tires on the sheetmetal when running 35s, i just stepped up to 37's, so that needs to be dealt with soon.
drivetrain is a unknown 302, maybe it has a rv cam, i dunno. truck avenger carb and a burnt exhaust valve for a distinctive exhaust note. i might think about a fresh engine soon. tranny is np435 with 203/205 cases. i made my own adapters years ago. also homemade triple sticks. everything was tucked up flush with the frame rails.
build style was supposed to be some kind of period "resto-mod hacked up by a redneck" difficult trail capable sleeper.
there's a lot i'd do different now, but i really have little interest in rebuilding. there are still a few things i'll improve though. as for me? i'm a manufacturing engineer in job title only. no education to back it up. i know my way around some CNC machines and can kinda comprehend FDA requirements for medical devices so there ya go: i are an enjineer. i have other old vehicles, my daily driver is a 66 chevy c-10, lowered on air suspension, 350/t5, my SO's daily is a 63 chevy suburban running an "ls" LQ4/4l80/9". there's a number of other projects, etc. as well.
stay tuned for some newer pics.
look forward to the updated pic's, what brand of 37's did you get?
